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Originally Posted by Fbone
I was referring to the sales person comment. Apparently, a sales person counts as a presence. And sales person definition is quite broad.
I don't understand the "the website by itself is still not presence" statement. Are there states that tax you for window shopping?
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Don't give them ideas!
So far they've only tried to tax online sales.
There are companies and activists who have long been pushing for a european style approach to sales tax: the act of selling to even one resident obliges the company to collect taxes regardless of whether or not there is any physical connection. Or even active outreach. Some still are.
Since Amazon is far from the only company that refuses to play tax collector the states with Use Tax are still "losing" a chunk of their booty and they keep looking for ways to define a web store as presence.